---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Rutland"
description: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Rutland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 573"
citation: "Vermont H. 573 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Douglas Gage", "Lawrence Cupoli", "Mary Howard", "Peter Fagan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f956ef15-469b-4e11-8ea6-c97f269e5527"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/2074"
source_hash: "0126be3d867998876e1fb876564715a30bab3c8f9b065d7ea6d6f506910aba7f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
---

# Vermont H. 573 (2017-2018) — An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Rutland

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0573/H-0573%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACTM015/ACTM015%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0573/H-0573%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
4. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0573/H-0573%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Douglas Gage — primary (person)
- Lawrence Cupoli — primary (person)
- Mary Howard — primary (person)
- Peter Fagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-05** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-01-17** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2018-01-25** Read Second Time
- **2018-01-25** Rep. Harrison of Chittenden reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2018-01-25** Rep. Canfield of Fair Haven recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2018-01-25** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-01-26** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2018-02-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-02-08** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-02-09** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-02-09** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-02-09** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-02-13** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2/27/2018 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Signed by Governor on March 1, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-01** House message: Governor approved bill on March 1, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f956ef15-469b-4e11-8ea6-c97f269e5527`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).